Hello Phil and Doves
In responce to your letter to Ed, I thought I would mention also
that JESUS told the deciples " It shall be as in the days of Noah ".
With this in mind; "The Most High" told us " You shall know the END
from the BEGINNING." Isaiah 46: 9,10

When we go back to the days of Noah, we see there is a 7 day period
from the [ death of Methusela] to the DOOR being shut and the flood
waters began.

Why the 7 days?
METHUSELA means.....his death shall bring.
Everyone living in that day knew the meaning of his name, and his age. They expected something to happen at his death.
When 2 or 3 days had past, they figured that there must not be anything to it.
They went back to their everyday life.
7 days were the set time to MORN the dead.

Never the less.....it was 7 days and then the waters came and it was too late.

I have always felt the story of the 10 Virgins were for preparedness.
If there is a warning set for us before the Rapture, perhaps it will be
as it was in the [ Days of Noah] rather than as it was for the children
of Israel in the desert.

A COMPARISON

1. In Genesis There was a SHUTTING of the DOOR
2. In Revelation there is an OPENING of the DOOR Rev 4:1

1. The TRUMPET sound of the voice of God on Mount Sinai is the FIRST trumpet
2. The TRUMPET sound we shall hear at the RAPTURE is the LAST Trumpet
[second]

Here is a video of Gary Stearman " Prophecy In The News "
THE TWO TRUMPETS